On the initiative of American Tortoise Rescue, May 23 was designated World Turtle Day in 2000 for celebrating our shelled friends and raising public awareness of them, thus contributing to conservation efforts around the world. Currently, 137 out of the 327 turtle and tortoise species we know of are protected by law.

A team of Swedish and British scientists have studied the heritability of dog ownership using information from 35,035 twin pairs from the Swedish Twin Registry. The new study suggests that genetic variation explains more than half of the variation in dog ownership, implying that the choice of getting a dog is heavily influenced by an […]

The French actor is a European cinema star, famous for unforgettable roles in the 1960s. But his private life also made headlines — and Cannes Film Festival’s decision to award him an honorary Palme d’Or sparked protest.